Although Marx advocated the use of any means, especially including violent revolution, to bring about socialist dictatorship, he suggested ten political goals for developed countries such as the United States. How far has the United States -- traditionally the bastion of freedom, free markets, and private property -- gone down the Marxist road to fulfill these socialist aims? You be the judge. The following are Marx's ten planks from his Communist Manifesto.

1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.

The courts have interpreted the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868) to give the government far more "eminent domain" power than was originally intended, Under the rubric of "eminent domain" and various zoning regulations, land use regulations by the Bureau of Land Managementproperty taxes, and "environmental" excuses, private property rights have become very diluted and private property in landis, vehicles, and other forms are seized almost every day in this country under the "forfeiture" provisions of the RICO statutes and the so-called War on Drugs..

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913 (which some scholars maintain was never properly ratified), and various State income taxes, established this major Marxist coup in the United States many decades ago. These taxes continue to drain the lifeblood out of the American economy and greatly reduce the accumulation of desperately needed capital for future growth, business starts, job creation, and salary increases.

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance

Another Marxian attack on private property rights is in the form of Federal & State estate taxes and other inheritance taxes, which have abolished or at least greatly diluted the right of private property owners to determine the disposition and distribution of their estates upon their death. Instead, government bureaucrats get their greedy hands involved .

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels

We call it government seizures, tax liens, "forfeiture" Public "law" 99-570 (1986); Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process.

5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

The Federal Reserve System, created by the Federal Reserve Act of Congress in 1913, is indeed such a "national bank" and it politically manipulates interest rates and holds a monopoly on legal counterfeiting in the United States. This is exactly what Marx had in mind and completely fulfills this plank, another major socialist objective. Yet, most Americans naively believe the U.S. of A. is far from a Marcxist or socialist nation.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State

In the U.S., communication and transportation are controlled and regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established by the Communications Act of 1934 and the Department of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission (established by Congress in 1887), and the Federal Aviation Administration as well as Executive orders 11490, 10999 -- not to mention various state bureaucracies and regulations. There is also the federal postal monopoly, AMTRAK and CONRAIL -- outright socialist (government-owned) enterprises. Instead of free-market private enteprrise in these important industries, these fields in America are semi-cartelized through the government's regulatory-industiral complex.

7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

We call it corporate capacity, The Desert Entry Act and The Department of Agriculture. As well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Evironmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and the IRS control of business through corporate regulations.

8. Equal liablity of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

We call it the Social Security Administration and The Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the communal bank has caused the need for a two "income" family. Woman in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, assorted Socialist Unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and of course Executive order 11000. And I almost forgot...The Equal Rights Amendment means that women should do all work that men do including the military and since passage it would make women subject to the draft.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.

We call it the Planning Reorganization Act of 1949 , zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136.

10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.

People are being taxed to support what we call 'public' schools, which train the young to work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA and Outcome Based "Education" .

1. And this was done by Democrats you say? proof please
2. And this was done solely by Democrats? The progressive income tax allowed the American people to prosper and the middle class to grow and the wealthiest become wealthier.
3. No one abolished property rights with an inheritence tax.
4. hmmmm executive order in 1986 would have been a republican doing such, that's REAGAN....

anyway, no need to continue but your analogy of the usa being marxist is whaqt i said....hogwash.

And Biden admitted on CNN yesterday that they were for income redistribution.
That's about as Marxist as it gets.

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your side, while in control, also took the poor's and the middle class's social security taxes and gave an income tax break with that SS surplus money...this is redistribution of wealth is it not....only taking from the middle class to give to the wealthy?

1. And this was done by Democrats you say? proof please
2. And this was done solely by Democrats? The progressive income tax allowed the American people to prosper and the middle class to grow and the wealthiest become wealthier.
3. No one abolished property rights with an inheritence tax.
4. hmmmm executive order in 1986 would have been a republican doing such, that's REAGAN....

anyway, no need to continue but your analogy of the usa being marxist is whaqt i said....hogwash.

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That's my question... Are they? It seems to me that Obama and Biden are more marxist than McCain... and obviously way more marxist than Palin.

They want to increase income taxes on the rich people who create the jobs in this country, they want to raise the death tax so more of our worth goes to the government than to our family, they don't believe in state's rights only federal rights... Like it or not this seems to be Obama's view points....

your side, while in control, also took the poor's and the middle class's social security taxes and gave an income tax break with that SS surplus money...this is redistribution of wealth is it not....only taking from the middle class to give to the wealthy?

your side, while in control, also took the poor's and the middle class's social security taxes and gave an income tax break with that SS surplus money...this is redistribution of wealth is it not....only taking from the middle class to give to the wealthy?

your side, while in control, also took the poor's and the middle class's social security taxes and gave an income tax break with that SS surplus money...this is redistribution of wealth is it not....only taking from the middle class to give to the wealthy?

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